| Mostly addressed in the Mastodon thread linked above. A few recent HN comments: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1690179064&dateRange=custom&...> - "Most loved" US states, US cities, and international "global" cities in HN titles. (The first was the initial question sparking this study.) See: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110448411493288809> - Variations in mentions of New York <something>: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110448429723139103> - Most-mentioned companies. Google dominates overall, Apple seems to run 2nd, though Facebook is close on its tail: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110449891268489784> - The list of obituaries -- "X has died" posts. - Sites HN cares about being down: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110454565193449254> - Past decades represented in FP articles: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110449005054961988> - Things that suck, rock, will fail, etc.: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110454128168815763> - Things that are balls: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110454182327232101> - "Interesting" domain names: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110444667012943823> <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110444675223200000> <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110444967736236339> - Seasonal variability in recruiting / hiring posts: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110450863651340466> - Appearances of "Reddit" in front-page posts, by year: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110562736544096729> - Classifying posts (by site), and patterns / trends in those classifications over the years: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110629931859296245> - The Curious Decline in New York Times stories after 2019: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/110444435692311695> - Various trends in numbers and ratios of votes and comments, by story position (1st -- 30th), year, month, day of week, etc. "Spiciness" a/k/a "flamewar detector" metrics. - Various site trends over the years, comings and goings. |